Under what circumstances is overtaking prohibited for vehicles traveling in the same lane?
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Article 43 of the 'Road Traffic Safety Law': Motor vehicles traveling in the same lane shall maintain a safe distance from the vehicle in front to allow for emergency braking measures. Overtaking is prohibited under the following circumstances: 1. The vehicle ahead is turning left, making a U-turn, or overtaking: If the vehicle ahead shows an intention to turn left, make a U-turn, or overtake, overtaking is not allowed. 2. Possibility of meeting oncoming traffic: Pay attention to the situation of oncoming vehicles. 3. Encountering special operation vehicles: The vehicle ahead is a police car, fire truck, ambulance, or engineering rescue vehicle performing emergency tasks. 4. No overtaking conditions: When passing through railway crossings, intersections, narrow bridges, curves, steep slopes, tunnels, pedestrian crossings, or sections with heavy urban traffic where overtaking is not feasible.